Submillimeter Array
(SMA)
(radio interferometer in Hawaii)
The Submillimeter Array (SMA) is a radio interferometer
at the Mauna Kea Observatories in Hawaii, consisting of eight 6-meter dishes
with baselines up to 509 meters. It began operation in 2003.
In addition to its own interferometry observations, it has
also collaborated with the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory (CSO) and James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT).
(telescope,radio,submillimeter,array,interferometer,ground,Hawaii)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submillimeter_Array
http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/sma/
http://sma1.sma.hawaii.edu/
WaveL | Freq | Photon Energy | | |
714μm | 420GHz | 1.8meV | begin | Submillimeter Array |
1.7mm | 180GHz | 744μeV | end | Submillimeter Array |
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Referenced by pages:
1.3-mm observation
Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics (ASIAA)
East Asian Observatory (EAO)
Mauna Kea
Mauna Kea Observatories (MKO)
Millimeter-wave Intensity Mapping Experiment (mmIME)
submillimeter astronomy
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